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Length Explorers Stations

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Length Explorers Stations

Explore the object strips and solve each length challenge. For measuring objects, line up equal-sized units with no gaps or overlaps.

Station 1: Spot the length

Look carefully at each object strip. Each small square is one unit long.

Pencil

Book

Rubber

1.How many units long is the book?
2.Which object is the longest: pencil, book or rubber?
  • Pencil
  • Book
  • Rubber
3.Put the objects in order from shortest to longest: book, rubber, pencil.
4.Kwame measures a crayon with equal-sized cubes. She leaves a gap between two cubes. Is this a good way to measure?

Station 2: Choose a measuring tool

Keira is packing a bag for a picnic. Think about which tool will help her measure each thing.

5.Which would be a better unit for measuring the length of a classroom table: paper clips or handspans?
  • Paper clips
  • Handspans
6.A ribbon is 8 blocks long. A string is 5 blocks long. Which is longer, and by how many blocks?
7.Tom measures a toy car using his handspan. Will another child probably get exactly the same number of handspans? Explain why.

Station 3: Length detective

Use the number line to answer the final challenges.

8.Mark the length of the 4-unit wand on the number line. Which number shows its length?
0123456
9.Draw a line that is 6 units long. How many equal unit spaces should it cover?
0123456
10.Name one object you could measure with cubes. How would you place the cubes so your measurement is fair?

3 printable pages

  • Length Explorers Stations, page 1 of 3: Station 1: Spot the length

    Page 1

  • Length Explorers Stations, page 2 of 3: Station 2: Choose a measuring tool, Station 3: Length detective

    Page 2

  • Length Explorers Stations, page 3 of 3: 9. Draw a line that is 6 units long. How many equal unit spaces should it cover?

    Page 3

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